HAPPY BIRTHDAY INOUE ORIHIME! You’ve been fifteen and sixteen years old in the Bleach manga for almost ten years now, and I’ve been loving you for most of that decade! Here, I drew a special pic for you!Deviant art link: http://debbiechan.deviantart.com/#/d2xqlay

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You’d think that it would be Ishida Uryuu I would have drawn solo more than any other Bleach character over the years, right? Nope, it’s Orihime. Most of my art sucks but I did manage to pick a few favorites to share for Orihime’s birthday. I realize my style and technique are all over the place, lol, but my love for this character has always been steadfast!

2007Eye Candy. http://debbiechan.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d13vd73 Thank You 10K Hits Don’t know why I went with the anime gray eyes—I always go with the brown. Maybe I was thinking an OOC sort of Orihime because I don’t really like the anime Orihime, and I don’t see Hime as a pin-up girl. Woo with the too pinky skintones.

Description:PG13 A series of vignettes from Orihime’s life. She’s the girl we envy. She’s the goodness we resist. Why? What’s so funny ’bout Peace, Love, and Understanding? The Bleach manga (not the anime) reveals that Orihime was born to abusive parents, surely the greatest disadvantage to a happy life and a sense of self-worth one can start with, so from where did her optimism come? And why do magical girls like Orihime exist?

Rated GRukia and Orihime. Takes place just before chapter 230. Introspection, barest plot, no yuri (for those who were hoping). This story seems to have disappeared from bleachness so I may have to repost it. I’m serious—I can’t find it anywhere.

I’m including the following three fics because they’re Orihime-centric even though they explore Orihime’s canon love for Ichigo. They received mostly positive responses from IchiOri fans although the first one did get me called “a thorn in the side of the fandom” (my first Bleach flame I think) on Kurosaki_clinic and the second got me called “a special kind of crazy” on Bleach Exile. The third one went unnoticed, I think.

And I’m including this one because the focus is Orihime and it’s not pairing-oriented. It’s a death fic though but … what is the true meaning of sacrifice? The characters are Ichigo, Ishida and Orihime solo at the end:

Warning: NC17 YURI. Sex between teenage anime girls. This story contains mild spoilers for post-Soul Society chapters. It takes place just before chapter 230 and the day when Orihime is abducted. This story follows my other Rukia and Orihime fic “Not Crying.”

Gah, and just looking through my folders, I’ve written so many drabbles I’ve even forgotten I’ve written some of them.

Anyways, whilst we’re remembering years past …

I sincerely apologize for not having been the best community owner I could’ve been in the past year, but I did try. I do hope that the coming year with one of my homeschooled kids in school now that I’ll be able to be more on guard. Thank you to the moderators who’ve stayed up nights trying to honor bleachness ' attitude of promoting discourse, having fun, and keeping lively while not making personal attacks or spreading misinformation. Again, I have to ask the membership to help report what you don’t like to me or mods via PM.

Happy birthday Orihime and L’Shana Tova to those who celebrate the upcoming Jewish New Year.

Her pose is also quite fascinating - it reminds me of a sunflower, opening up to the sun. Very relaxed, relieved and accepting... something that hopefully our Hime will soon be in the manga itself (as well as HAPPY). :D

A great birthday to our girl and a big hug to you, debbie! :D May the poor girl be awarded the awesome prize of an appearance in the manga sometime this year... XD